APPENDIX I. 409 



£. Crown not rufous or chestnut. 



0. Length 6'75 ; crown, blackish with a central whitish stripe ; throat 



white; breast gray; a yellow spot before the eye; haunts in and 



about thickets and bushy woodlands ; song, a high, clear, musical 



whistle; call-note, c/tiw^ . . . . 558. 'White-throated Sparrow. 



b. Length 5'50 ; crown finely streaked ; a tree climber, winding patiently 

 up tree trunks in search of food ; tail-feathers pointed. 



726. Brown Creeper. 



c. Length 5'50; bill slender; a white line over the eye; tail carried 

 erect ; haunts reedy marshes ; call-note scolding ; song rippling. 



725. Long-billed Marsh Wren. 

 11. Under parts white or whitish, streaked or spotted. 



1. Back streaked. 



A. Crown streaked ; under parts conspicuously streaked. 



a. (Juter tail-feathers white, showing conspicuously when the bird flies ; 

 length 6'00 ; haunts dry flields and roadsides ; song loud and musical. 



640. Vesper Sparrow. 



h. Outer tail-feathers not white. 



6'. Length 6-00; plumage with a rufous-brown cast; spots on the 



breast tending to form one large spot in its center; haunts on or 



near the ground, generally in the vicinity of bushes ; call-note, a 



characteristic cAa / song musical 581. Song Sparrow. 



6'. Length 6-00 ; no rufous in the plumage ; spots on the under parts 

 evenly distributed ; frequently seen feeding on buds or blossoms ; 

 call-note, a sharp cliink^ often uttered during flight; song, a sweet, 



flowing warble 517. Purple Finch (Im.). 



B. Crown not streaked, rufous-brown ; under parts whitish with an in- 

 distinct blackish spot in the center of the breast ; Oct. to Apl. 



659. Tree Sparrow. 



2. Back not streaked. 



A. Upper parts rufous, olive-brown, or cinnamon-brown, 

 u. Bill slender and thrushlike ; breast spotted with blackish, 

 ai. Length 11-00; tail 5-00; wing-bars white ; upper parts, wings, and 

 tail uniform rufous ; haunts undergrowth ; sings from an exposed 

 and generally elevated position ; song loud, striking, and continuous. 



705. Brown Thrasher. 

 *'. Length under 9-00 ; tail under 3-00 ; no wing-bars. 

 i2. Breast and sides heavily marked with large, round, black spots ; 

 head and upper back IrigMer than lower back and tail ; call-note, 



a sharp ^# or liquid ?««>< 755. "Wood Thrdsh. 



J3. Breast with wedge-shaped black spots; sides «m«pott«(i, washed 

 with brownish ashy ; tail rufous, brighter than back ; call-note, a 



\ovi chuck ■ ^59J. Hermit Thrush. 



}*. Upper breast lightly spotted with small, wedge-shaped, black- 

 ish spots; tail the same color as the back; sides white; call- 

 note, a clearly whistled whe'eu .... 756. Wilson's Thrush. 



b. Bill short and stout; breast and sides heavily spotted with 

 rufous; length 7'00; haunts on or near the ground, generally in 



